Released on: August 27, 2008, 7:54 am

Press Release Author: Dorothy Thompson / Pump Up Your Book Promotion

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: Join historical fiction author Douglas Carlton Abrams, author
of the historical fiction novel, The Lost Diary of Don Juan (Simon & Schuster) as he
sets the cyberworld on fire with his round-the-world virtual book tour with Pump Up
Your Book Promotion in September.

Press Release Body: Join historical fiction author Douglas Carlton Abrams, author of
the historical fiction novel, The Lost Diary of Don Juan (Simon & Schuster) as he
sets the cyberworld on fire with his round-the-world virtual book tour with Pump Up
Your Book Promotion in September.

In a time of discovery and decadence, when the gold that poured endlessly into the
port of Sevilla devalued money, marriage, and love itself, young Juan Tenorio was
abandoned and raised by nuns. He grew up loving and worshipping all women, but a
clandestine affair with one of the sisters forces him to leave the Church-and his
plans for the priesthood-forever. Juan becomes a spy, as well as the world's
greatest libertine. But far from the heartless seducer that legend recounts, he
seeks liberation and redemption as much as personal pleasure and gratification. He
begins to keep a diary of his greatest adventures and the arts of passion he has
mastered. The most dangerous adventure of all-the irresistible fall into the
madness of love with the only woman who could ever make him forget all
others-finally compels him to confess everything.

Douglas Carlton Abrams\' magical debut novel captures the heart of the Spanish Golden
Age and the secret life of the world's greatest lover-Don Juan-who came to embody
the spirit of desire that would inflame the modern age.

Douglas Carlton Abrams is a former editor at the University of California Press and
Harper San Francisco. He is the co-author of a number of books on love, sexuality,
and spirituality, including books written with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Yogacharya
B.K.S. Iyengar, and Taoist Master Mantak Chia. He lives in Santa Cruz, California,
with his wife and three children. In his life and work, he is interested in
cultivating all aspects of our humanity -body, emotions, mind, and spirit. His goal
in writing fiction is to create stories that not only entertain, but also attempt to
question, enchant, and transform.

Doug's desire in writing the book was not only to resurrect this greatest of
historical lovers and to give voice to his true motives; he was also moved to write
a book that would explore the tension between lust and love and that would confront
the human question of how any man or woman can find lifelong satisfaction in one
committed relationship. To find out more about the origins of The Lost Diary and
the myth of Don Juan, and to learn about forthcoming novels, please visit
www.LostDiaryofDonJuan.com or www.DouglasCarltonAbrams.com.

If you would like to travel through the blogosphere in September with Douglas as he
talks about his new book, The Lost Diary of Don Juan, visit
www.virtualbooktours.wordpress.com in September \'08!

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